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Remove 'Define' Smart Action from right click context menu in EDGE Chromium
Need to remove the smart action 'Define' from Microsoft Edge right click context menu. I can be removed individually by a user in Settings but in an educational environment that is not an option. We need to control this with a policy... Registry? OMA URI? ADMX Templates? We are able to remove the mini menu, and other options that invoke the 'search in sidebar' feature but 'Define' still allows the search in sidebar to open and thus bypass restrictions in place during web based testing. The existing template to remove define appears to only apply to pdfs... We need to remove for all of edge.
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- Kelly_Y
Microsoft
pachecotj Hello! You mentioned the mini menu is removed but the "Define" option is still showing. Can you provide more information about how to reproduce this?
Are you using the QuickSearchShowMiniMenu policy to disable the mini menu? Microsoft Edge Browser Policy Documentation | Microsoft Learn
-Kelly
Kelly_Y
The QuickSearchShowMiniMenu removes the (hover) mini menu however the 'define' option still shows as part of the 'right-click' context menu which is separate from the mini menu. If a user right clicks and chooses 'define', a window opens asking if they want to search bing online which then opens a sidebar search again. We need to be able to block ALL methods that students can invoke the sidebar search as it allows a student to find answers while in many web-based assessment programs.
- Furthermore - The 'Define' option is part of the new 'Smart Actions' . There is a policy to block the Define option from working but it only affects PDF (SMART_ACTIONS_PDF) shown in the browser. We need it blocked COMPLETELY from EDGE.
